As 2018 comes to an end, folks have more new restaurants to try and more to look forward to. Here's the latest on the tasty:

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Business licenses have been issued for The Jesse, a bar and small hotel in the former Lincoln Lounge building (seen here in July 2018) on East Fourth Street(Photo: Johnathan L. Wright/RGJ)

THE JESSE, 306 E. Fourth St.

A business license has been issued for The Jesse in the historic East Fourth Street building that most recently housed Lincoln Lounge, which closed in June after 10 years. A fictitious firm name (DBA) for The Jesse also has been filed with the Washoe County Clerk.

Licensing records indicate the Jesse will have six hotel rooms and a bar.

Smee's, beloved for its fish tacos and fish and chips, once operated in the food court at Meadowood Mall before closing earlier this year. The restaurant will be re-opening in the former Reef Sushi premises on the ground floor of the Palladio condominium.

The new Smee's lies adjacent to Ole Bridge Pub and two doors down from Campo.

Chef Troy and Coleen Cannan, owners of LuLou's Restaurant, still superlative after nearly 20 years, are going into the pasta trade with the upcoming Willies Pasta Shop. "Timeless Italian-American cuisine," the awning promises.

Willies will debut two doors down in Midtown Reno from Kauboi Izakaya, which the Cannans also own.

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Zagol Ethiopian Cuisine, once on East Fourth Street, recently debuted in South Reno.(Photo: Johnathan L. Wright/RGJ)

Zagol recently debuted in South Reno after a decade or so on a stretch of East Fourth Street that's still scruffy. The new Zagol, Reno's first and only Ethiopian restaurant, occupies a storefront in the Raley's center at South McCarran and Mira Loma Drive.

At times, the old Zagol had inconsistent business hours. The new Zagol, according to its website, is open for dinner from 4 to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The menu offers vegetarian Ethiopian standards and standards made using chicken, lamb or beef.